"So, Ralph, you're no longer the commander of the city defenses?"

The town of Long River now nominally belongs to the so-called 'child' in the womb of the Lady Bella, but in fact it belongs entirely to the Duke of Alma, and it is estimated that most of the people of Auden will not be able to stay.

"Yes, my lord, I was not a knight of the kingdom in the first place...... It's just that he was entrusted by the Earl to preside over the deployment of defense, and now all the people in the Ranger who served in Long River Town have been dismissed by Lady Bella, and the garrison has been replaced by those brought by Duke Alma. ”

Ralph was obviously unwilling, but he was helpless: "My lord, even if we all know that all this is the plan of Duke Alma, all his actions are legally and morally justified. Even if we have any grievances, we can't let the Rangers attack our hometown......"

Indeed, quite tenable.

Let the bastards and the Red Brotherhood contact the Catu, and use the Cato to lure the Horn Rangers of Long River to go around to put out the fire, and then the Catus army will assemble the Shield Fortress, causing Ralph's army to leave the garrison.

Then take down River with a group of so-called 'traitors' - if nothing else, these traitors are either pirates or the Red Brotherhood.

In the end, the great Grand Duke Alma led an army to sweep away the 'traitors' in the town of Long River, and 'saved' Lady Bella's life in time.

and as a benefactor and best friend, he raised Lady Bella and the so-called 'posthumous son' who didn't know where to get it......

I don't know how brutal a fifty-year-old woman must be to conceive a child with a half-dead old man......

Anyway, all the bad things were done by the thugs of the Red Brotherhood, and Grand Duke Alma quickly put down the chaos, and even won the gratitude of the people of Changhe Town who didn't know the truth - if it wasn't for Leon's 'prediction' in advance, Ralph would have been kept in the dark.

But now, no one has anything to do with Archduke Alma, and they have almost no control left.

- except for the few captives of the Red Brotherhood.

"Alas, Ralph, I suggest you do well at the border first...... Let's talk about our deal - I have a few more captives here who might be of some use to Count Oden. ”

There was really nothing to be said about the deal, and Ralph happily offered Leon a good price - twenty sets of equipment for the Horn Summoning Rangers, and enough food to sustain fifty men through the winter.

Yes, there is no dinar, after all, Ralph himself is not a rich man and has just lost his job.

Although there were no gold coins, these cuckolds were worth a lot of money, and this camp alone was not worth that much money, and Ralph counted the captives in it.

As Earl Auden's most trusted subordinate, he knew the role of these captives for Auden in the current situation.

Ralph would make this place a garrison for the Rangers - Count Auden could grant him a knighthood at any time if he wished, and then make it his knighthood.

Indeed, as Leon thought, he did not like the intrigues of the nobles, but he was willing to establish meritorious deeds on the border.

Then the Ranger Raphael, who had lent his bow to Leon, took a hundred men with him and put on the equipment of the Catotes.

He was going to follow Leon and Ralph's original plan to take a walk around Lion Lake City.

Before, it was just going to be planted, but now it is even planted with revenge.

Hopefully, Auden will also seize the opportunity to be shameless.

The ground was littered with the corpses and horses of the Catu, and the Rangers soon dressed up as a hundred or so Cato raiders.

"You should wear this."

Leon handed Raphael his bloody helmet.

"Ah yes, this is the helmet of the warlord of Cato! My lord, is this a gift we give to each other? I hope you enjoy my bow. ”

Ranger Raphael looked delighted, not at all disgusted with the old blood-soaked overcover.

"Well, then I seem to have taken advantage of it......"

That eagle strike bow performs quite well and is obviously worth a lot more than a helmet.

Li Ang is a little embarrassed now - when he can take advantage, he always thinks that he can't take advantage of it, and when people really don't care, he is worried that he can't stand on face......

"No, sir! This helmet is a testament to your bravery and wisdom, and how many enemies you have to kill with your own hands to dye it like this...... I took advantage of it. ”

Raphael seemed genuinely honored to get his hands on the helmet, and he didn't even want to wipe the blood off the helmet.

The eyes are clean and pure.

“…… If you like it, it's fine. By the way, do any of you speak Cato? ”

Leon asked the right person this time, and both Ralph and Raphael could speak a little Gatu—the hometown of their father and son, at the junction of the Long River Forest and the Cato steppe, often encountered the Cato people.

"My lord, what are you doing in the Cato dialect?"

"I captured a Cato warlord."

Raphael's eyes were now looking at the deity himself: "...... Sky...... No one has ever been able to capture the top of Cato! Aren't they all going to fight to the death? ”

……

Leon was the last person to be treated by Anson – the stab wound to his chest was a skin wound, not serious. The legs and arms are penetrating wounds, and there is no possibility of excessive blood loss as long as the arrow is not pulled.

This style of work was met with the collective respect of his men and the Horn Summoning Rangers.

It's just that Leon doesn't really want this kind of respect—it hurts so much.

Pretending to be a tough guy is actually very uncomfortable......

After a short break, Raphael said goodbye to Leon and crossed the river to fool around in Lion Lake, while Ralph stayed in the camp to help Leon interrogate the warlord.

Leon wondered how the warlord had gotten his sword—he felt that the Ekartulians were too adaptable to the mountains to catch up with or kill Riva's terrain-acquainted bandits.

If Riva could really make a deal with the Catu, then he wanted to find this woman.

Not for revenge, purely for being a profiteer.

Of course, if you can, you can take revenge by the way.

The lord's heart is very small-minded.

But this warlord, who had been silent, after the death of all the two hundred Cato cavalry, seemed to have no desire and seemed to be bent on death.

It doesn't make sense to look at torture like this.

And he had already suffered several wounds, and he was extremely weak.

Ralph tried to threaten and interrogate him, but most of them did not respond.

It wasn't until Ralph looked at the dozens of Cato horses that remained outside and said something that the warlord finally opened his eyes.

"You can't, that's it! That, just, horses! ”

"Hemp eggs! So you can talk to people! ”

It was just a word for word, but the meaning was clear—the warlord didn't want the horses to be harmed.

Ralph smiled hesitantly: "Sure enough, every Cato loves horses. ”

“…… The Descha people are too...... Horses are their brothers and gods, more important than wives and daughters. Sarah leaned over and whispered beside her.

"Since you can speak human words...... I just have one question, where did you get this sword? Leon showed the sword to the warlord, and then added, "Answer my question, and I will heal your wounds and save your life." ”

The warlord turned his head sideways to look at Li Ang and shook his head: "I, die." Horses, you guys, can't, eat! ”

Okay, I didn't expect Ralph to open his mouth by eating horse meat......

Sure enough, the cultural core of every nation is eating, and the most reliable way to distinguish between ethnicity and belief is to see what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten......

"Okay, I'll make sure they're fat and strong. I shouldn't be embarrassed by my question, but if you don't answer this kind of question, we'll have to eat the horse broth pot. And I promise, you'll have a stomach for it too! ”

Leon motioned to the warlord of Gatu to look at the cauldron that had deflated in the middle of the camp.

Two horses' legs were placed diagonally on the rim of the pot, and after being slashed by Klose's sword in two, half a horse crushed the iron pot.